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Old 12-04-2008, 08:20 PM
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Question 2001 Formula M6 58k miles $5.999 This Cheap?

Looks like nice find. But carfax shows 38 things not sure what they are.

http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/vdp.js...e=&cardist=627


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thats hella cheap.....but check car fax. Maybe some accidents, possibly salvage title......
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too good to be true, run carfax
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That looks very close to how mine looked when it was stock... Only appearance difference was my car had turndowns instead of tips and my twisted-spoke wheels were chromed.

Brynnda would buy it!
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I just bought the 10 pack of carfaxs for a 94 TA I bought and I still have 6 vins I can run. let me know if I can help
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Just checked...2007 it was a total loss issued by the insurance company in Kansas.
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thats a shame it a rebuilt title it looked like a good deal
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damn that sucks but if it was a total loss i wonder why they would fix it and sell it for less then what it prob took to make it look mint again
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Originally Posted by DCsLS1
damn that sucks but if it was a total loss i wonder why they would fix it and sell it for less then what it prob took to make it look mint again
I body man prob bought it for a little bit of nothing and fixed it himself and made money on it
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yea but isnt total loss usually frame damage?
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Originally Posted by DCsLS1
yea but isnt total loss usually frame damage?
no not always
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Total loss equates to the amount of money it would take to repair damage, any damage, compared to the actual value of the car. If the damage exceeds the value=total loss in insurance terms.....
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it takes about 70 percent of total value to total a car.

if the car is only worth 10k then it would take 7k to total it. it would not take much to get 7k worth of damage on that car. parts may be cheape, but you have body shop labor and paint. Paint now days is exp since they are all petrolium based and oil was so high




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